William K.L. Dickson
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson was a Scottish inventor and the Edison Manufacturing Company's official photographer. In 1889, he was assigned to turn the concept of a the proposed motion picture device, named the Kinetoscope, into a reality. The first working prototype was unveiled in May 1891 and the design of system was essentially finalised by the fall of 1892. The completed version of the Kinetoscope was officially unveiled at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences on 9 May 1893.
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Acting Credits
193
Crew Credits
Acting
Movie
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
as Self
1894
Movie
Dickson Greeting
as Self
1891
Movie
A Hand Shake
1892
Movie
Horse Shoeing
as Self
1893
Movie
General Buller Embarking on the 'Dunottar Castle' at Southampton
as Self
1899
Movie
Venice, Feeding the Pigeons in St. Mark's Square
as Man on left of picture
1898
Movie
Neapolitan Dance at the Ancient Forum of Pompeii
as Self
1898
Crew
Movie
Dickson Experimental Sound Film
Director
1894
Movie
Danse serpentine (Annabelle)
Director
1895
Movie
Blacksmithing Scene
Director
1893
Movie
Monkeyshines, No. 1
Director
1890
Movie
Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Producer
1894
Movie
Newark Athlete
Producer
1891
Movie
Carmencita
Director
1894
Movie
Sandow
Director
1896
Movie
Dickson Greeting
Director
1891
Movie
The Boxing Cats
Director
1894
Movie
Annie Oakley
Director
1894
Movie
Monkeyshines, No. 2
Director
1890